NEW YORK (AP) — An investigation into a commuter ferry crash that injured dozens of people during a morning commute this week is focusing on the ferry’s engines and why they may have failed, federal officials said Friday.

The Seastreak Wall Street ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., made a hard landing at a lower Manhattan dock on Wednesday morning, injuring about 70 people, 11 seriously. National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said Friday investigators had a potential breakthrough because they learned the ferry’s engines have a data recording feature they hope to examine.

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